Another skill you need to be an effective reader using critical thinking is making complex inferences.

Making inferences is using reasoning and evidence to make conclusions about specifics or generalities not included in the text.

Watch the following video (with audio) about making complex inferences.

Making inferences makes sure that you are thinking critically as you read.

Let's practice making complex inferences with the following paragraph:

Jim stomped through the front door after school and tossed his book bag on the floor. He ran up the stairs to his bedroom and slammed his bedroom door. Jim flung himself on the bed and put his pillow over his head. He was never going to talk to Pete again!

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